Illinois reports no new COVID-19 deaths for first time since March 2020: 'Thank god for the vaccines

[Jim G.]

https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2021/7/6/22565388/no-coronavirus-deaths-illinois-first-pandemic-covid-19-july-6?fbclid=IwAR2XoaPVNtyye4TBP26NThpntzieN7FVON4ZGslzCPJwI498Kll7o6MuJSg

For the first time in nearly 16 months, Illinois has gone a full day without losing a resident to COVID-19.

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported no new COVID-19 fatalities Monday, which hadn’t happened previously since March 16, 2020 — a few days before Gov. J.B. Pritzker ordered residents to stay inside their homes as much as possible to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus.

It’s still possible one or more fatalities could eventually be added to the rare zero-total. Officials often adjust daily figures based on delayed reports from hospitals, especially after a holiday.

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But for now, the end of a miserable 476-day stretch with viral deaths is the latest sign of optimism for a state slowly emerging from the pandemic.

~more at link

[mucifer]

1. The state's positivity rate is slowly increasing. It's still very low at 1.1%

[Stuart G]

2. In Illinois the vacine is being distributed for free...in drive up locations, (open up windows,

, expose arm at location...get shot and drive &.. leave) ...and next person pulls up his/her car & gets a shot).........This is repeated everywhere that it can be done...and a whole lot of us in Illinois are doing
this.....(I had my second shot in March)